Traces of spyware identified on mobile phones of two journalists in Togo -RSF

23 january 2024 - 16:01:18
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As the trial of two Togolese journalists prosecuted by a member of the government got [...] Full text...

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African Catholic Bishops say same-sex unions are 'contrary' to God's will

12 january 2024 - 12:53:28
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - African Catholic Bishops have rejected Pope Francis' declaration to bless homosexual couples saying they believe that [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Tinubu Suspends Minister Of Humanitarian Affairs And Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, From Office Over N585m Scandal

08 january 2024 - 14:27:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday suspended the minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, [...] Full text...

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‘Illegal betting is the number one factor fuelling corruption in sports’, UN conference hears

16 december 2023 - 07:40:46
Atlanta, US (PANA) - The global problem of illegal sports betting, the fraudulent manipulation of competitions, and the involvement of [...] Full text...

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FIFA under pressure to remove Samuel Eto'o as Cameroon FA president

28 september 2023 - 12:01:36
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - FIFA has been urged to intervene and remove Samuel Eto'o from his role as president of [...] Full text...

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Money laundering poses risk to financial sector stability: IMF Blog (By Pierre Bardin, Antoine Bouveret, Grace Jackson, Maksym Markevych)

06 september 2023 - 10:02:42
Washington DC, US (PANA) - Cross-border financial crime is here to stay. While people everywhere enjoy the convenience of a [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Thembi Kgatlana tops women's rankings after shining at World Cup

02 september 2023 - 09:23:11
Brisbane, Australia (PANA) - According to FIFA media outlet, here's how the 2023 Women's World Cup left a legacy of [...] Full text...

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Libyan commission probes lists of foreign scholarship holders for 2023

03 july 2023 - 13:14:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan government commission has begun checking the lists of grants for the first term awarded [...] Full text...

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Posh Miami enclave to become US football hub with FIFA, Messi set to move in

14 june 2023 - 05:54:36
Miami, US (PANA) - Lionel Messi isn’t the only football powerhouse heading to Miami – FIFA, the organisers of the [...] Full text...

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Hilal of Sudan critique attitude of fans of Egypt’s Ahli fans

10 april 2023 - 15:07:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Al-Hilal football team, currently at at war of words with Al Ahli of Egypt, [...] Full text...

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Journalists dismissed from Tunisian parliament

13 march 2023 - 16:12:08
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Local journalists and foreign press correspondents were barred from entering parliament to cover the inaugural session [...] Full text...

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Macron's message about end of "Françafrique", indicates France is a new "Neo-colonial" power -Newspaper says

10 march 2023 - 15:27:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - During his recent African tour which too him to four African countries, namely Gabon, the Democratic [...] Full text...

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Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed's statements on migrants pinned down by a Libyan newspaper

06 march 2023 - 20:22:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed's statements last week in which he ordered Tunisian security forces to stop [...] Full text...

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Pope lauds work of charities in DR Congo, Africa

01 february 2023 - 19:31:51
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Pope Francis on Wednesday praised the work of charities in DR Congo and the African continent [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party mulls President Ramaphosa's fate

02 december 2022 - 12:17:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling ANC is holding crisis talks on Friday amid concerns that President [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling ANC seems to be in a meltdown: Archbishop Makgoba

02 december 2022 - 11:22:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has said that South Africa should be [...] Full text...

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Gambian leader sneaks through backdoor to attend UNGA amidst Gambians protest

22 september 2022 - 20:02:51
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow was sneaked through the backdoor of his Manhattan hotel to attend the [...] Full text...

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Guinea gov't plans to implement new anti-corruption strategies

16 september 2022 - 19:46:53
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government plans to put in place new strategies to fight against people who have [...] Full text...

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Climate change impacts ‘heading into uncharted territory’, warns UN chief

14 september 2022 - 05:15:53
New York, US (PANA) - “Climate science is clear: we are heading in the wrong direction,” declares a major, multi-agency [...] Full text...

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'Insecurity grips Nigeria's capital, as attacks, threats by multiple groups raise serious concerns'

09 august 2022 - 10:55:41
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A series of attacks and threats within close proximity of Nigeris's seat of government in Abuja by [...] Full text...

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Interpol issues red alerts against five Libyan officials for embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars

07 july 2022 - 15:43:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Interpol issues red alert notices against five Libyan officials at the request of the Libyan Prosecutor [...] Full text...

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World has ‘gambled on fossil fuels and lost’, warns Guterres

19 june 2022 - 05:24:58
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite amount [...] Full text...

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Kenyan election candidates face corruption hurdles

02 june 2022 - 16:17:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The campaigns ahead of the 9 August 2022 general elections in Kenya have officially kicked off [...] Full text...

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Senegalese health minister dismissed after 11 newborns die in hospital fire

27 may 2022 - 11:00:40
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Thursday dismissed the Minister of Public Health and Social Action, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Investors in big pharma must ensure fair vaccine access for all countries - Amnesty International

26 april 2022 - 06:54:01
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Investors in companies manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines must use  their influence to ensure that supplies of urgently needed life-saving  vaccines reach low- and lower-middle-income  countries, [...] Full text...

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South African billionaire publishes her memoirs

25 april 2022 - 13:25:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s wealthiest woman has revealed how she fled to the Maldives with her [...] Full text...

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DRC military court sends 13 activists to prison : Amnesty International

01 april 2022 - 22:36:38
Beni, DRC (PANA) - A military Court has sentenced 13 activists arrested during a peaceful protest in Beni, in the [...] Full text...

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UN chief warns against ‘sleepwalking to climate catastrophe’

22 march 2022 - 05:42:24
New York, US (PANA) - The goal to limit future warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, highlighted in the Paris Agreement on climate [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Two years on, pandemic ‘far from over’: WHO chief

10 march 2022 - 05:01:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Almost 500 million people have been infected with the coronavirus since March 2020 and new variants [...] Full text...

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South African academic embroiled in sex scandal

15 february 2022 - 12:05:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A prominent South African academic has been forced to take unpaid leave from Harvard [...] Full text...

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Liberia's democratic credentials on test amid growing fear over freedom of expression

07 february 2022 - 18:22:25
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberian President George Weah's administration is on an international spotlight after the authors of a controversial [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prosecutor General, Belgian counterpart agree on judicial cooperation between both countries

01 february 2022 - 20:34:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A meeting between the Libyan Prosecutor General, Councillor Seddik Al-Sour, and his Belgian counterpart, Councillor Johan [...] Full text...

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Baratelli: Accusations against Morocco in Pegasus case are false and unfounded

27 january 2022 - 19:33:04
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - French lawyer Olivier Baratelli said here Thursday an investigation conducted in France has shown that the [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM reaffirms government's willingness to build new schools in Libya

11 january 2022 - 19:37:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, has affirmed the government's willingness [...] Full text...

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Libyan education minister remanded in custody over textbook scandal

20 december 2021 - 20:01:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Education, Moussa Al-Magaryef, has been remanded in custody pending investigation into the case [...] Full text...

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Senegalese top sports figure, Lamine Diack, dies at 88

03 december 2021 - 15:57:28
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall, paying tribute to the former president of the International Association of Athletics [...] Full text...

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Former chief of staff of Gaddafi announces candidacy for Libya's presidential election

20 november 2021 - 19:17:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Béchir Saleh, the last chief of staff of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, announced on [...] Full text...

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Court dismisses former South African President Zuma's appeal, sets trial date

26 october 2021 - 12:40:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In further setback for former South African President Jacob Zuma, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court [...] Full text...

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'Restoration of Algeria-Morocco relations vital to Africa’s free trade ambition'

30 september 2021 - 12:15:37
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – As the diplomatic spat between Algeria and Morocco widened last week with the banning of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: President Buhari congratulates Canada's Trudeau on re-election

21 september 2021 - 20:57:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday congratulated Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada, on his re-election. A statement by [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Legal tussle over former Mozambican Minister

26 august 2021 - 17:45:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A group of Mozambican civil society organisations (CSOs) have approached the North Gauteng High [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspapers highlight uncertainty over budget, electoral legislation and malaria-infected futsal team

08 august 2021 - 12:57:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The uncertainty that hangs over the scene in Libya, fuelled by differences between the Libyan parties, [...] Full text...

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Rights groups urge next Zambian govt to tackle lead poisoning at former mine

28 july 2021 - 07:01:15
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) –  Zambia's next government after the 12 August elections should urgently clean up lead pollution that has affected [...] Full text...

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Mozambican opposition, rights groups criticise presence of Rwandan soldiers in Cabo Delgado

22 july 2021 - 13:16:32
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Rwanda has sent a thousand soldiers and police for combat and security operations in Mozambique’s gas-rich [...] Full text...

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South Africa's former President Zuma in jail after dramatic stand-off

08 july 2021 - 07:44:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following a night of high drama, former President Jacob Zuma is back behind bars. Nearly [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma sentenced to 15-months imprisonment

29 june 2021 - 09:26:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday found former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of [...] Full text...

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South Africa's top court to rule on Zuma on Tuesday

28 june 2021 - 10:34:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Monday announced that it will deliver its long-awaited judgment on [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Club director booted out for embezzling FIFA Covid-19 funds

12 june 2021 - 06:59:09
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A minority shareholder at the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) Bulawayo Province Division Two club, Sunrise Football [...] Full text...

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South Africa expels Lesotho diplomats

11 june 2021 - 11:32:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A diplomatic storm has erupted between South Africa and neighbouring Lesotho which has resulted [...] Full text...

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South Africa seeks extradition of high-profile fugitives

03 june 2021 - 17:30:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) on Thursday said it has applied to the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma pleads not guilty at major graft trial

26 may 2021 - 12:30:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Almost 20 years after former President Jacob Zuma was linked to a corrupt multi-million [...] Full text...

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UK slaps sanctions on fugitives who fled South Africa

27 april 2021 - 16:00:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions against members of the Indian Gupta family who [...] Full text...

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Kenya detains marathoner for falsifying athletics doping scandal

26 april 2021 - 21:31:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan marathoner, Elias Kiptum, has been arrested and charged to court with forgery and conspiracy [...] Full text...

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Global law body condemns South Africa's ex-president Zuma

10 april 2021 - 13:22:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has condemned former South African president [...] Full text...

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South Africa's former president Zuma takes aim at Constitutional Court

26 march 2021 - 14:02:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma has slammed Thursday’s Constitutional Court hearing on the State Capture [...] Full text...

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Senegal: RWB denounces attacks on press freedom

05 march 2021 - 18:42:39
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - While Senegal is rocked by clashes and protests following the arrest of the main opponent [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Growing calls for Zuma to appear before anti-graft commission

03 march 2021 - 15:39:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The opposition Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP has urged former President Jacob Zuma to appear [...] Full text...

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Date set for former South African President Zuma's high-profile graft trial

23 february 2021 - 11:46:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following more than 10 years of delays, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg on [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Opposition parties take to the streets

13 february 2021 - 14:39:37
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Several thousand Mauritians took part this Saturday in a peaceful march called by the main opposition [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Case against Zuma and Thales cleared to proceed

09 february 2021 - 15:54:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – International arms company Thales which has been heavily implicated in South Africa’s multi-billion dollar [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Foreign Affairs Minister resigns

06 february 2021 - 09:49:09
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Nando Bodha, on Saturday resigned from his [...] Full text...

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Former FIFA President Blatter spent period in induced coma after heart operation

22 january 2021 - 17:27:50
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Former FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, spent a week in an induced coma after having heart surgery [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's foundation rocked by graft scandal

20 january 2021 - 20:45:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Nelson Mandela Foundation Wednesday confirmed that it was investigating allegations against its own [...] Full text...

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President Lungu fires Health Minister

10 january 2021 - 18:36:21
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya, an official source said here [...] Full text...

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Ghana holds presidential, parliamentary elections on 7 December

29 november 2020 - 17:37:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana holds presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 December with 17.029 million voters expected to cast [...] Full text...

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South Africa ruling party's top official in court

13 november 2020 - 15:15:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions ran high in Bloemfontein on Friday when thousands of supporters cheered Ace Magushule, [...] Full text...

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Top official of South Africa's ruling ANC arrested

10 november 2020 - 15:40:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been rocked by the arrest of [...] Full text...

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Haftar’s future called into question on eve of political solution in Libya (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

29 october 2020 - 22:18:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The process to resolve the Libyan crisis through consensus raises no doubt following developments over the [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls Libyans to work to strengthen ceasefire

05 october 2020 - 20:50:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday called on all Libyans to continue working for a durable ceasefire, [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges Libyans to make real progress in the search for peace and stability

05 october 2020 - 17:49:34
New York, US (PANA) – Stating that Libya’s future is at stake, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Monday called on [...] Full text...

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Buhari mourns death of 23 in petrol tanker explosion in northeast Nigeria

24 september 2020 - 08:06:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the death of 23 people, as confirmed by the [...] Full text...

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Esperance de Tunis officially declared winner of Africa Champions League 2019

18 september 2020 - 19:39:29
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on Friday announced that Esperance de Tunis is officially [...] Full text...

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South African ruling party slammed for Harare trip

18 september 2020 - 10:45:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has confirmed that it will be laying criminal [...] Full text...

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Kenya media faces backlash over anti-corruption reporting

12 september 2020 - 15:12:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan media is facing a backlash over its reporting on corruption from wealthy citizens and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Amnesty International says over 7,000 health workers have died from pandemic

03 september 2020 - 04:55:46
London, UK (PANA) - Amnesty International said on Thursday that at least 7,000 health workers have died around the world [...] Full text...

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Jailed Zimbabwe investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono finally set free

02 september 2020 - 22:19:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Jailed investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was Wednesday finally granted bail in the sum of ZWL10,000 (US$120.01) [...] Full text...

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Corruption clampdown dominates newspaper headlines in Kenya

29 august 2020 - 09:00:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan media headlines have been dominated this week by an anti-corruption clampdown in the corridors of [...] Full text...

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Blind man named Culture minister in new ministerial appointments by Tunisian PM-Designate

25 august 2020 - 14:26:35
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A 34-year-old blind man, Walid Zidi, is one the ministers appointed on Monday by the Tunisian [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Police stop protest over alleged mismanagement of procurement process

21 august 2020 - 12:07:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Anti-riot police on Friday stopped a demonstration over the alleged mismanagement of coronavirus procurement processes, Activists, led [...] Full text...

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FIFA's ethics committee clears Infantino after investigation

19 august 2020 - 18:49:34
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA’s independent ethics committee has cleared president Gianni Infantino of alleged breach of its code, world [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Ruling party rocked by Covid-19 graft scandals

10 august 2020 - 16:46:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Senior members of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Monday slammed their own [...] Full text...

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FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, claims he has ‘nothing to hide’ from prosecutors

09 august 2020 - 08:08:13
Lausanne, Switzerland (PANA) - Gianni Infantino insists he has “nothing to hide” in a letter to member federations of football’s [...] Full text...

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FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, faces criminal proceedings In Switzerland

30 july 2020 - 16:24:51
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Swiss special prosecutor, Stefan Keller, announced on Thursday that he has opened criminal proceedings against FIFA [...] Full text...

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Tunisian journalists association denounces colleague Ben Brik's one-year prison sentence

25 july 2020 - 13:47:10
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) strongly condemned, in a statement issued on Friday, the [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Journalist Taoufik Ben Brik sentenced to one year imprisonment

24 july 2020 - 15:45:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Correctional Chamber at the Ben Arous Court of First Instance in Tunisia has sentenced writer [...] Full text...

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RSF denounces arrest of investigation journalist in Zimbabwe

22 july 2020 - 22:27:43
Paris, France (PANA) - Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) Wednesday denounced the arrest Monday in Harare of Hopewell Chin'ono, a Zimbabwean [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Kenya flags factories, food markets for flouting virus control measures

16 july 2020 - 22:37:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan factories, shoppers at food markets, fruit sellers and factory workers have been listed as high-risk [...] Full text...

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Trial of former Rwandan minister set to start in September

14 july 2020 - 18:55:29
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA ) - The trial of Dr Isaac Munyakazi, the sacked former Rwandan minister of state in charge [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Opposition party wants Central Bank of Mauritania audited

09 july 2020 - 16:01:51
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Opposition Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) has called for an audit of the Central Bank [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's MDC Alliance opposition party vows not to be distracted in fighting official corruption

18 june 2020 - 19:12:29
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance, says talk of an impending [...] Full text...

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Rights group, NGOs step up pressure on oil companies to clean up polluted Nigeria's Niger Delta

18 june 2020 - 06:05:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International and NGOs are stepping up pressure on oil companies to clean [...] Full text...

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US Senate urges World Bank to be tough in granting money to Zimbabwe's Govt

05 june 2020 - 16:51:10
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, Jim Risch, has written to World Bank President, [...] Full text...

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Libyan papers highlight US-Russian friction over Libya; Risk of transposing Syrian scenario

30 may 2020 - 18:08:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on friction between the United States and Russia over Libya with [...] Full text...

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South African model withdraws from beauty pageant over racist tweets

20 may 2020 - 14:52:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A beauty queen’s dream of being selected as Miss South Africa have been shattered [...] Full text...

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Guinea reduces bonuses of players, technical staff of the national football team

01 may 2020 - 16:35:31
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government has slashed the bonuses of players and technical staff of the senior national [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Police search for suspect who defamed Ramaphosa

23 april 2020 - 15:58:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police are trying to trace a KwaZulu-Natal woman who took to social media and [...] Full text...

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Libya: War, coronavirus and scare of food shortages among Libyans (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

03 april 2020 - 00:05:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya’s decade of a deadly armed conflict and the 4 April Tripoli war have thrown the [...] Full text...

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Nigerian consumer protection agency closes Chinese restaurant for 'racism'

15 march 2020 - 16:28:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's consumer protection agency says it has sealed an elitist Chinese restaurant and mall in the [...] Full text...

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Court rejects former South African President Zuma’s latest bid to avoid trial

13 march 2020 - 12:39:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma’s efforts to avoid standing trial on corruption charges suffered another [...] Full text...

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Kenya coach faults Olympic boxing qualifier judges

07 march 2020 - 18:03:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Erratic judges are to blame for Kenya boxers' below par performance at the recent 2020 Olympics [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: CENCO concerned over crisis within ruling coalition

02 march 2020 - 22:20:58
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Members of the Permanent committee of the Congolese National Episcopal Conference (CENCO) have expressed concerns [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International urges Lesotho authorities to protect key witnesses in PM's murder case

22 february 2020 - 06:19:16
Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - Amnesty International has asked the Lesotho authorities to protect key witnesses as the Prime Minister, Thomas [...] Full text...

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European Parliament discusses "Luanda Leaks"

20 february 2020 - 17:33:43
Brussels, Belgium (PANA)-The "Luanda Leaks" scandal, revealed by the report of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, is on the [...] Full text...

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EU maintains arms embargo on Zimbabwe Defence Industries

17 february 2020 - 17:16:26
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has renewed its arms embargo and asset freeze on the Zimbabwe Defence [...] Full text...

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Geneva political process, ceasefire monitoring mechanisms and living conditions of Libyans highlighted in media

08 february 2020 - 19:17:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  Libyan newspapers this week focused on the resumption of the political dialogue scheduled in Geneva on [...] Full text...

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Rwandan newspapers highlight resignation of two state ministers over corruption, assault

08 february 2020 - 11:15:19
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  -  Rwandan papers this week highlighted the resignation this week by the minister of state in charge [...] Full text...

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Antonio Guterres hopes that the meeting of the 5+5 committee in Geneva consolidates the ceasefire in Libya

04 february 2020 - 21:13:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -  UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres Tuesday expressed the hope that talks between members of the Libyan [...] Full text...

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Overturning of Malawi presidential election historic - Zimbabwe Opposition leader

04 february 2020 - 16:19:24
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) -  Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, has called the overturning of Malawi's Presidential election a historic [...] Full text...

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Elite Kenyan athlete runs away from anti-doping testers

17 january 2020 - 11:29:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A top Kenyan athlete ran away from anti-doping testers who had visited their training camp unannounced [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Kenyan President sacks ministers, names new Foreign Minister in cabinet reshuffle

14 january 2020 - 13:19:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta fired agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri on Tuesday in a cabinet reshuffle, [...] Full text...

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Ghana Football Association sacks all national team coaches

03 january 2020 - 06:28:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has sacked the technical bodies of all national teams with immediate [...] Full text...

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Ali Bongo Ondimba seems to take control of Gabon's destiny after irreversible slippages

02 january 2020 - 15:20:48
 Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who is slowly returning to business after suffering a stroke in October [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa acknowledges South Africa's challenges

31 december 2019 - 14:22:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday acknowledged the "difficulties" of 2019 but said South Africa [...] Full text...

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Liberia: US props central bank to improve functioning

27 december 2019 - 23:19:09
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA)   -  The government of the United States of America, in coordination with the government of Liberia and [...] Full text...

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Pretoria rebuked over fugitive scandal

27 december 2019 - 12:12:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday urged Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi [...] Full text...

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Stand for peace and harmony says Guterres after meeting with Pope Francis

21 december 2019 - 08:14:50
Rome, Italy (PANA) - In the midst of “turbulent and trying times”, all the world’s people must stand together in peace and harmony, [...] Full text...

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Net closes on former South African President Zuma's fugitive friends

17 december 2019 - 06:36:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A high-level South African delegation has flown to Abu Dhabi in an attempt to [...] Full text...

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Kenya Police grill 11 officials over $373 million dam scandal

16 december 2019 - 13:30:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Eleven officials of the Rift Valley Water Works Development Agency (RVWWDA) in Kenya on Monday recorded [...] Full text...

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Gabon Oil Company gets new boss

13 december 2019 - 10:58:31
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Gabonese authorities have appointed Maurice Dikongo as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the state-owned Gabon [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma reportedly receives treatment in Cuba

09 december 2019 - 12:11:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are unconfirmed reports that former President Jacob Zuma, is receiving medical treatment in [...] Full text...

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Gabonese PM announces cabinet reshuffle

03 december 2019 - 18:00:22
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabonese Prime Minister, Julien Nkoghe Bekale, on Monday evening announced the composition of the new government, [...] Full text...

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Kagame congratulates Namibian president Geingob on his re-election

02 december 2019 - 10:12:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Sunday congratulated Hage Gottfried Geingob on his re-election as Namibian president. Kagame [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Top court rules against Zuma

29 november 2019 - 13:11:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Friday ruled that there is no compelling reason for former [...] Full text...

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South African model accuses Epstein of raping her

21 november 2019 - 14:57:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A leading South African model has claims convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly raped her [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde's prison guards on strike for a pay increase

21 november 2019 - 12:43:46
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde's prison guards began a 72-hour strike on Tuesday demanding, among other things, a [...] Full text...

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Lord Peter Hain testifies in South Africa

18 november 2019 - 14:02:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former activist Peter Hain who played a key role in the fight against apartheid [...] Full text...

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Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia resigns

25 october 2019 - 17:02:13
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – The Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), Mr. Nathaniel R. Patray, has resigned [...] Full text...

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Togo: New Mayors assume office amid fears they cannot exercise their full responsibilities

16 october 2019 - 17:22:22
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Political stakeholders said on Wednesday in the Togolese capital that although the new mayors, elected last [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma appears in court again

15 october 2019 - 11:54:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday appeared in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg [...] Full text...

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South Africa's President Ramaphosa addresses corruption crisis on UK trip

14 october 2019 - 11:09:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said the country's ongoing corruption scandal has [...] Full text...

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Tunisian presidential candidates face-off in first televised debate

12 october 2019 - 14:48:32
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - For the first time in Tunisia and the Arab world, the two candidates in the second [...] Full text...

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Mauritius removed from the gray list of tax havens

11 october 2019 - 17:15:42
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has decided to remove Mauritius from the gray list of tax havens, [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma to stand trial in major graft case

11 october 2019 - 10:10:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma is expected to stand trial next week on 18 charges [...] Full text...

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Southn Africa: Net closes on fugitive Gupta family

10 october 2019 - 19:01:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African authorities on Thursday confirmed that they have issued mutual legal assistance requests [...] Full text...

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Northeast Nigerian Governor recruits local hunters with voodoo powers to fight Boko Haram

09 october 2019 - 17:31:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As the Nigerian Army continues to claim victory over the Boko Haram and the Islamic State [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma to learn his fate on Friday

09 october 2019 - 15:11:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Wednesday confirmed that it is ready to [...] Full text...

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Senegal not spared by fake drug trafficking

05 october 2019 - 19:23:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal is not spared by the problem of the circulation of street drugs, which explains why [...] Full text...

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Mali: President of Kayes Regional Council arrested for misappropriation of public funds

23 september 2019 - 15:18:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Kayes Regional Council (Western Mali), Bandiougou Diawara, and some of his close [...] Full text...

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Tunisia hit by scourge of counterfeit drugs, despite government control of pharmaceutical sector

21 september 2019 - 15:09:51
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's drug industry is strategic and a central pillar of the country's health system. The North African [...] Full text...

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Trump’s new US policy, viewed from the African Great lakes Region (News analysis by BIGUMANDONDERA Ferdinand, PANA correspondent)

12 september 2019 - 18:09:22
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Burundi’s president, Pierre Nkurunziza, on Thursday received the special envoy of the United States of America [...] Full text...

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Malian opposition leader blames gov't for the death of 4,000 civilians and soldiers between 2013 and 2019

05 september 2019 - 16:31:30
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Soumaila Cissé, chairman of the opposition party, Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD)​, has revealed [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Supporters of candidate Nabil Karoui denounce his non-release from jail

04 september 2019 - 19:22:53
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Close associates of Nabil Karoui, candidate for the presidential elections scheduled in Tunisia on September 15, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Graft accused businessman killed in car crash

26 august 2019 - 14:00:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Controversial businessman Gavin Watson who has been heavily implicated in the State Capture scandal, [...] Full text...

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Kenyan court freezes accounts linked to dam financial scandal

08 august 2019 - 20:40:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A Kenyan court on Thursday ordered the freezing of two bank accounts linked to companies which [...] Full text...

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Burkina: Opposition party demands resignation of mine minister following gold fraud scandal

07 august 2019 - 22:55:20
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  The Union for Progress and Change (UPC), Burkina Faso’s main opposition party, Wednesday called for [...] Full text...

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FIFA weighs leaving its glass-and-steel headquarters in Zurich

01 august 2019 - 09:18:27
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - World soccer governing body, FIFA, is weighing a move away from Zurich, its home since 1932, [...] Full text...

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Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa urges Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate high-ranking officials

31 july 2019 - 14:24:53
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has urged the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to carry [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian women victims of real estate scam announce daily demonstrations

30 july 2019 - 04:20:24
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Several hundred women victims of a real estate scam dubbed "Sheikh Ridha Affair", named after a [...] Full text...

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UN condemns bombing of hospital, school near Tripoli

29 july 2019 - 12:38:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, Mrs. Bérangère Böell-Yousfi, has strongly condemned the "scandalous" bombing [...] Full text...

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Detained Zimbabwe Tourism minister charged with prejudicing the state of US$114.7 million

26 july 2019 - 16:56:30
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister, Prisca Mupfumira, is being charged of prejudicing the state [...] Full text...

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UNCTAD official blames Kenya's runaway graft on thirst for quick riches

26 july 2019 - 04:28:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary-General Dr Mukhisa Kituyi on Thursday blamed the [...] Full text...

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Kenyan finance minister pleads not guilty to conspiracy to defraud state

23 july 2019 - 15:14:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's finance Ministry Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Foreign prosecutor to handle multi-million-dollar dam graft case

22 july 2019 - 20:54:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)   -   A foreign prosecutor will handle the $63 million scandal case involving Treasurer Henry Rotich, Principal Secretary [...] Full text...

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Kenyan finance minister surrenders after prosecutor issues arrest warrant

22 july 2019 - 15:24:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's finance Ministry Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich surrendered to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters [...] Full text...

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What's at stake at the Conference on Libya and Immigration in Paris, France? ( Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

22 july 2019 - 12:07:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - France has convened a new conference in Paris on Monday on Libya and immigration, with interior [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian President fires Union Affairs, Environment minister

21 july 2019 - 16:25:34
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian President, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, has fired his Minister of State in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Public Protector makes damning finding against Ramaphosa

19 july 2019 - 12:13:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Friday ruled that President Cyril Ramaphosa deliberately misled Parliament [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma's son acquitted over fatal vehicle accident

12 july 2019 - 12:17:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Duduzane Zuma, the son of controversial former President Jacob Zuma, has been found not [...] Full text...

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Javelin missiles expose France's support for Haftar in Libyan war (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

12 july 2019 - 04:15:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – For many Libyans, the discovery of US-made Javelin anti-tank missiles in the camp of the Libyan [...] Full text...

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Zanu PF-run Zimbabwe gov't stole billions from economy through Treasury Bills - Moyo

09 july 2019 - 17:13:32
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Exiled former Zimbabwe government minister, Jonathan Moyo, says the issuances of Treasury Bills (TBs) is one [...] Full text...

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2019 AFCON: Zimbabwe to investigate early exit poor of team

06 july 2019 - 16:27:54
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has ordered the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to provide a [...] Full text...

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IOC strips AIBA of its Olympic status

27 june 2019 - 12:35:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-The International Olympic Committee has officially stripped the International Boxing Association (AIBA) of its Olympic status. Consequently, boxing will [...] Full text...

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Botswana bourse plans anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism workshop

25 june 2019 - 15:06:07
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)- The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) will  from 21-25 August hold an Anti-Money Laundering and  Counter Financing of [...] Full text...

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Energy crisis batters South Africa's growth prospects (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA correspondent)

24 june 2019 - 10:34:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Of all the problems that Cyril Ramaphosa inherited when he was elected President (and there [...] Full text...

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Tunisians slam 'scandalous' amendments of electoral law

21 june 2019 - 05:17:49
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisians are vehemently criticising amendments to the country's electoral laws saying they are aimed at the [...] Full text...

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Burkinabè opposition denounces fraud in gold exports

18 june 2019 - 18:20:22
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's political opposition on Tuesday denounced what it called "a gold fraud estimated at [...] Full text...

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Arrests of former figures of Bouteflika regime continue

17 june 2019 - 23:45:07
Algiers, Algeria (PANA)   -   The special public prosecutor of the Tribunal of Bir Mourad Raïs (Algiers) on Monday slapped six [...] Full text...

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Babacar Ndiaye re-elected chairman of Senegalese basketball federation

16 june 2019 - 11:22:50
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Lawyer Babacar Ndiaye was on Saturday re-elected chairman of the Senegalese basketball federation (FSBB) for a second [...] Full text...

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UN expert condemns entrenched racial discrimination and inequality in UK

14 june 2019 - 15:55:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The UK Government’s policies exacerbate discrimination, stoke xenophobic sentiment and further entrench racial inequality, the UN’s [...] Full text...

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CAF president Ahmad being questioned by French Judicial police

06 june 2019 - 16:02:31
Paris, France (PANA) - Ahmad Ahmad, President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), is being questioned by  the French [...] Full text...

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Concerns over South Africa's growing mental health problems (Analysis by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

05 june 2019 - 14:02:44
  Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Of all the post-Apartheid government scandals that have rocked South Africa over the past [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa orders for procurement malpractices "to stop"

30 may 2019 - 16:22:20
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa says some government departments were inflating prices in the procurement processes for [...] Full text...

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State calls for Zuma's speedy prosecution

23 may 2019 - 12:17:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Thursday claimed former President Jacob Zuma had [...] Full text...

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Kenyan police arrest main fugitive in fake gold scandal

16 may 2019 - 14:24:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday nabbed a main fugitive in a fake gold scandal, in [...] Full text...

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EU lifts ban on budget support for Uganda, releases Euros 20m to the government

13 may 2019 - 21:45:41
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has disbursed to the government of Uganda 20 million Euros for budget [...] Full text...

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World Press Freedom Day marked in Kenya amid intense intimidation, threats to free speech

03 may 2019 - 20:44:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan journalists have marked the World Press Freedom Day with celebrations, talk-shops and street marches, notably [...] Full text...

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DRC opposition leader Eugène Diomi Ndongala conditionally released

20 march 2019 - 23:40:17
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The leader of the opposition Christian Democracy (DC) party, Eugène Diomi Ndongala, was conditionally released on [...] Full text...

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Tunisian press union says journalists facing increasing threats

16 march 2019 - 00:04:07
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) said here Friday the press was facing increasing threats [...] Full text...

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Police grill two ministers on Kenya dams scandal

14 march 2019 - 17:05:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa and his agriculture counterpart, Mwangi Kiunjuri, appeared before the Directorate of [...] Full text...

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Death toll in infant mortality in Tunis hospital increases to 15

13 march 2019 - 17:33:35
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The death toll in the number of newborns who died in the Center for Obstetrics and [...] Full text...

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Botswana Independent Electoral Commission extends voters registration

10 march 2019 - 15:56:18
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has extended the country’s voter registration from 15 April to [...] Full text...

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Scandal hits Tunis after 11 new-born babies die same day

10 march 2019 - 11:03:12
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisia remained in a state of shock on Saturday following the death of eleven new-born babies [...] Full text...

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Documentary on sexually abused nuns goes viral in Belgium

07 march 2019 - 20:25:14
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Cinematographic documentary, "Sisters abused", and the other scandals of the Catholic Church", directed by ARTE, the [...] Full text...

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Kenya Finance minister grilled over dam scandal

05 march 2019 - 13:37:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Henry Rotich, was on Tuesday grilled for hours by the Directorate of [...] Full text...

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Former Tanzania prime minister rejoins ruling party after spell in opposition

01 march 2019 - 19:56:01
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Former Tanzanian prime minister and opposition presidential candidate in the 2015 general election Edward [...] Full text...

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Belgian politicians rocked by 'missing' Libyan funds

20 february 2019 - 11:52:58
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Belgian political class has been rocked by a scandal of disappeared Libyan funds of at [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's ruling party and others criticise umpire for election postponement

16 february 2019 - 13:29:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The campaign office of President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday blamed the major opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party [...] Full text...

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Six killed, 35 injured in attacks on health facilities in Libya in 2018, 2019 -WHO

04 february 2019 - 23:20:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Six health workers and patients were killed and 35 others, including 25 health professionals, were injured [...] Full text...

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American actress Bellamy Young concludes visit to Rwanda

04 february 2019 - 13:43:20
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - American actress Bellamy Young on Monday called on Rwandan President Paul Kagame shortly before concluding a [...] Full text...

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Famous American actress Bellamy Young arrives in Rwanda on girls empowerment campaign

31 january 2019 - 22:25:54
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Renowned American actress Bellamy Young arrived in Rwanda Thursday for a week’s visit [...] Full text...

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Libya government holds special council of ministers meeting

24 january 2019 - 10:50:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The chairman of the Libyan presidential council, Fayez al-Sarraj, has at the weekly meeting of the [...] Full text...

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South African football officials charged in 2010 World Cup bribery case

14 january 2019 - 15:21:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African fugitive Gupta family which has been heavily implicated in the State Capture [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa delivers ruling party's 2019 election manifesto

12 january 2019 - 14:04:06
Durban, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday told 85,000 supporters that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) [...] Full text...

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Malian journalist jailed six months for defaming constitutional court

27 december 2018 - 17:59:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian journalist Boubacar Yalcouyé, editor of the private newspaper 'Le Pays', was on Thursday sentenced to [...] Full text...

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Mauritius archbishop pleads for suffering population on Christmas day

25 december 2018 - 17:14:48
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Apart from faith and individual opinions, the spirit of Christmas "penetrates the heart of every [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma addresses his legal problems

24 december 2018 - 07:34:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma has taken to Twitter to rant about his [...] Full text...

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South African opposition wants Zuma to provide financial security

18 december 2018 - 05:07:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has moved to ensure that former President Jacob [...] Full text...

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Zuma joins social media platforms

14 december 2018 - 11:46:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Friday announced that he has decided to join major [...] Full text...

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South African court orders Zuma to pay his own legal costs

13 december 2018 - 09:58:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a major blow to former President Jacob Zuma, the North Gauteng High Court [...] Full text...

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Seven Kenyan Pipeline officials arrested over graft

11 december 2018 - 12:48:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Seven senior officials of the Kenyan Pipeline Company (KPC), the state oil distributor, were arrested on [...] Full text...

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